2009-05-03 Sun - IoW Randonnee

Oh.... forgot to mention, amazingly none of us had a puncture!

this is true! i came back on the train with a 15 year old boy with a carbon rapha condor bike and he had two! poor boy

this is true! i came back on the train with a 15 year old boy with a carbon rapha condor bike and he had two! poor boy

If he had a carbon Rapha Condor bike??? ;)

two punctures!!

I don't even want to know how much they cost. They can sell anything to some people, can't they? ;)

just got back, about to jump in the bath.
amazing times, how you be spelling that?! Scurvy!

Thanks for greasy/pip, for organising, fiddy for being fiddy, katt for htfu through knee problems, adam for riding that big ass mountain bike through it all.

This ride is "superawesome™" will be doing it next year hopefully with a larger forum presence and a more piratey appearance. Pirate cycling caps for the win...

Lovely hooking up with Jonny, shoots, hester, clintsmoker, larissa?, and the brighton crew, great times, drinking, jokes, and a 100k undulating roll around the isle of wight. I have my certificate and stamped checkpoint cards and they will be taking pride of place on my kitchen wall..

Good weather, good company and a good ride, what could be better.

Roll on the long rides of the summer, time to get out into the beautiful english countryside...

see you all on the next one..

Ps. Glad you got home safe tika, after seeing you at the wooton checkpoint we never saw you again, there was some pub discussion about what had happened. We'll take soon.

Right time for a bath and a schmoke, then its off to south beers this evening...

2 punctures! man he needs to learn how to ride!

Don't know about you lot but i am all Bem'd out!

he dosent need to know how to ride on a 2 grand otp bike.......

what is bem'd out?

islands are Isles BTW but its the islets you have to watch

as for languistine..They are Norway crabs (small) cray fish are fresh water lobster... spelt....

what is bem'd out?

A Jonnyism so probably has no meaning ;)

Can't believe we only saw you the twice, where did you start the ride?

i will try to get a pass for souths tonight and i can have a pint with you conelius. i am alive and kicking!

i started with you at wotton or whatever this is written.

This ride is "superawesome™" will be doing it next year hopefully with a larger forum presence and a more piratey appearance. Pirate cycling caps for the win...

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how be yee spelling that??

531 wigth FTW
i am upset that i missed you wonderful company, shiiiiiit

this is true! i came back on the train with a 15 year old boy with a carbon rapha condor bike and he had two! poor boy

he had all the team kit and everything! nicest roads ever (almost) and two punctures - he was probably too heavy for the bike...

great to meet some of ya. see you again soon.

damn, this sounded ace!

typical, I spend ages fucking about with albums,
then you lot just want to look how cool you look, missing entirely the bikes, ambient lighting and general anarchy I go to painstaking lengths to arrange..........
does that deserve an extra long pfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffft, i reckon it does

Sorry.

Anyway my mum like looking at all the photos.

he had all the team kit and everything! nicest roads ever (almost) and two punctures - he was probably too heavy for the bike...

sprinters build ;)

Good times indeed. Enjoyed the ride, brilliant route.

Nice to catch up with the London Pirates at Bembridge. Apologies for the swift exit. Had a good few miles to cycle back to our campsite.

Aaarrggghh.

rrrrrrr

this ride, the scenery, the company.... it was ARRRRRRRRRRSOME! incredibly so.

typical, I spend ages fucking about with albums,
then you lot just want to look how cool you look, missing entirely the bikes, ambient lighting and general anarchy I go to painstaking lengths to arrange..........
does that deserve an extra long pfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffft, i reckon it does

Aw man I look like a goon*! Nice photos though.
There were a hell of a lot of really nice bikes out yesterday, especially that old boy we were talking to who was on his youngest bike at 25 years, had another 8 bikes in the garage!

• It is not possible to wear lycra without looking like a goon.
  

"There were a hell of a lot of really nice bikes out yesterday, especially that old boy we were talking to who was on his youngest bike at 25 years, had another 8 bikes in the garage!"

yeah theres an attitude that respects those guys that have been doing this for years, and they are still spinning well late into their 60;s and 70;s,I share it too, wonder what will the world be like when we are 70? 2050, new 2009 bikes will be retro then, quick buy one, box it and make a shed load of money!

I said this yesterday but I sure hope I'm as fit as those guys when I'm their age. He was almost 70 if I remember correctly!

+1 to him!

sounds like fun.. pics please!

picshARRRs http://www.flickr.com/photos/38137198@N08/sets/72157617610929821/